Chapter 1577: Melody

With a "clatter," several pieces of rubble slid down. That old witch stood up from the hole in the wall.

"Who are you."

The old witch's face was as gloomy as water. Although she was chasing the red-haired boy and the others, she had mostly sent synthetic beasts to toy with the three. After all, this was their territory.

The red-haired boy's ability to court death was not small, and he didn't know where he got the news to steal the Moi family's family heirloom. If he had met Moi Nora in person, the three of them would have long since cooled down.

Su Xiao ignored the old witch. He looked at the short-sword-shaped crystal in his hand and took out a pendant to compare.

"Moi Nora's personality is unexpectedly cautious."

Su Xiao muttered, then exerted force in his hand. The short-sword-shaped crystal shattered in his hand, exploding into large pieces of crystal fragments.

"You!"

The old witch was shocked. Su Xiao glanced at her. Based on his judgment, this old witch shouldn't be very favored by Moi Nora; otherwise, Moi Nora wouldn't have sent her to retrieve a fake family heirloom.

That's right, the family heirloom stolen by the boy was a fake. There was a small piece of the family heirloom on the pendant in Su Xiao's hand. Although the two could sense each other, it was only a sense. The appearance was the same, but the internal structure was completely different. The fake family heirloom only had a trace of the real thing's aura. Without seeing the real thing, one couldn't distinguish the true from the false.

Su Xiao's gaze looked at that Fifth-Tier old witch. If there were no accidents, he would soon be confronting Moi Nora, so he couldn't waste too much stamina here.

With a loud "boom," Amu jumped down from the hole above. As soon as Amu landed, it charged straight toward that old witch.

The old witch's legs were slightly parted, and a cold light danced from the trident in her hand. It was clear she was a melee expert.

Thump, thump, thump...

The ground where Amu passed shattered inch by inch. It held a cold ice war hammer, jumped up when it was five meters away from the old witch, the blood vessels on its arms bulged, and it smashed the hammer toward the old witch's head.

Seeing Amu jump, the old witch sneered. Jumping during melee was a taboo unless one had flight abilities.

"Cold Wind."

The old witch twisted the trident in her hand and stabbed it out of thin air when she was still three meters away from Amu.

Just as the old witch stabbed the trident, she felt a stinging pain from her lower back. That feeling was clearly like being bitten by something.

This bite broke the old witch into a cold sweat. She tensed her body and was just about to flip the trident in her hand when three bullets flew over, aiming at her head, throat, and heart.

Bang!

Amu's hammer fell. The old witch blocked horizontally with the trident in her hand, and cold frost spread across the trident toward her body.

The old witch and Amu were both pushed back a few steps by the impact. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had bitten the old witch's lower back, shook its head. This made the old witch gasp in pain.

The cold-glinting trident flipped in the old witch's hand. She held the trident in reverse and stabbed at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's head.

Crack, crack, crack...

Cold ice spread on the old witch's body. It was Amu's ultimate ability, "Winter's Fury."

The old witch instantly turned into an ice sculpture, but in less than 0.5 seconds, the ice sculpture shattered. The old witch, whose face was somewhat blue-purple, spat out a cold breath, and the trident in her hand continued to stab at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's head.

Just when Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was about to die, a silver slashing light flashed past the old witch's neck, and blood instantly sprayed several meters away.

The old witch wasn't having an easy time dealing with Amu + Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. If Su Xiao were added, she would be besieged to death in a short time.

Su Xiao stood in front of the old witch and kicked straight at the old witch's head with a side kick. With a "bang," his foot sank into the wall. The old witch's limbs twitched, and her head was kicked to pieces. She naturally died on the spot.

Su Xiao shook the blood off his shoes and picked up a Legendary-quality treasure chest from the ground. Killing a Fifth-Tier witch, he naturally chose the treasure chest reward.

The red-haired boy and his sister stood not far away like punished elementary school students, with expressions as if they had seen a ghost. Just a few minutes ago, that old witch had chased them to the point where they had no way to heaven and no door to earth, and now, that witch was actually kicked to pieces by a kick, and just like that, she died. That was a Fifth-Tier witch!

"It seems it was a waste of time."

Su Xiao walked past the red-haired boy. It was impossible for everything to go as he wished. The current situation, although unexpected, was within reason.

Leaping out from the pit above, Su Xiao arrived in a pitch-black room. This was an abandoned ancient castle. Looking along the wall, there was a row of holes smashed by Amu, leading straight outside.

When Su Xiao walked out of the ancient castle, Melody was waiting in the White Forest, looking anxious.

"How is it?"

Seeing Su Xiao, Melody greeted him quickly.

"Not great."

"That is?"

Melody's expression wasn't good. She thought Su Xiao was going to renege on the debt. For this kind of behavior of "pulling up pants and not recognizing the debt," Melody expressed condemnation. Of course, she condemned it in her heart.

"It's a fake."

"Then... do I have to enter the Mist Fortress with you?"

"No need. According to the agreement, you can go. This is the final payment."

Su Xiao threw a bag of gold coins to Melody. He had no use for this thing. Although Melody had no combat power, she had made no small contribution in the previous witch hunting.

Melody staggered a few steps after receiving the cloth bag. This thing was too heavy.

"Fast, the bomb, the bomb in my body."

Melody was clearly excited to the point of being incoherent.

"What bomb?"

Su Xiao's expression was calm, lighting a cigarette somewhat leisurely.

"The bomb in my body, the one you left!"

Melody's eyes turned red. By now, the grievance in her heart made her overcome her fear of Su Xiao.

"Oh, that was a lie."

"!!?"

Melody clearly crashed. She just looked at Su Xiao blankly like that.

"Lie, you lied to me... in other words... there was never a bomb in my body from beginning to end?"

"You could understand it that way."

Getting Su Xiao's confirmation, Melody's eyes turned even redder, looking like a baby who couldn't take this grievance.

"No bomb, heh, hahaha, you lied to me..."

Melody was clearly somewhat broken. She actually started looking up and laughing foolishly.

"Wish you live to walk out of the South."

Su Xiao patted Melody on the shoulder and walked toward the forest. Not long after, Melody's shout came from behind.

"Kuku Lin Bai Ye, you, you..."

Melody wanted to scold Su Xiao twice, but considering the risk of death if she scolded Su Xiao, she dismissed this tempting idea.

"Old lady is free!!"

Melody opened her arms and took a deep breath of free air. At this moment, a red-haired boy walked out from the ancient castle not far away. He was carrying a seriously injured girl on his back, and another girl followed behind him.

"Yo, boy, you seem to need help."

Melody adjusted the smile on her face. That smile was actually somewhat similar to Su Xiao's smile. Although Melody hadn't learned combat techniques from Su Xiao, she had learned one thing: you can't let people fully understand your background, and you have to be ruthless at the right time.

"Who are you."

The red-haired boy looked at Melody with eyes full of vigilance.

"Me, I'm a White Witch. But compared to who I am, your companion seems to be dying, and I can save her. This is actually more important, right, boy."

"You can save Lan?"

"Of course."

"Please, save her. As long as you can save her, I can pay anything."

The red-haired boy ran quickly to Melody, his eyes full of pleading. Seeing the expression in the boy's eyes, Melody felt somewhat uncomfortable.

If the difficulty of traveling with Su Xiao, Carmen, and the others was nightmare-level, then negotiating with this boy was novice-level. Thinking of this, Melody smiled even more kindly.

"Really... pay anything?"

"Yes."

"Then use her life to exchange."

Melody pointed to the red-haired boy's sister. The boy's mouth opened and closed, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Just kidding, I'm not a devil, although I've been traveling with a devil for nearly a month. Boy, say something nice, and if I'm happy, I'll save your little lover."

"We aren't..."

"Ma ma, what relationship doesn't matter."

"Alright, Madam, you are truly beautiful. You are the most beautiful witch I have ever seen. This is from the bottom of my heart. Please save her, I... cannot lose her."

Hearing the boy's flattery, Melody smiled. In the eyes of those people like Su Xiao and Carmen, she was just a little flower; offending those people meant worrying for days. But now, this boy became a little weed when he reached her. Melody couldn't help but think in her heart: if this boy fell into the hands of Su Xiao and the others, he would be used to the point of doubting life in minutes. ===== CHAPTER 1578 =====